Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

If she were honest, weakness should be masked at all times. Any weakness could, and would be exploited.

If loving the written word is wrong...I don't want to be right!

If you’re at zero backlog, it’s a whole lot easier to change priorities.

Accept and acknowledge your own brilliance. Stop waiting for others to tell you how great you are! Believe it for yourself and about yourself.

Many of the traits that make Amazon unusual are now deeply ingrained in the culture. In fact, if I wanted to change them, I couldn't. The cultures are self-reinforcing, and that's a good thing.

With hard work, living a good life, you can do anything. You will be rewarded for that.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Realize that your present difficulty is only a small part of you, and the rest of you is doing quite well, thank you.

I'm happy that I get to work with people that I enjoy being around. It's really cool when people understand and want to help your vision and are like rooting for you. I just, I love them a lot.

Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.